Apparatus for handling liquids



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APPARATUS FUR HANDLING LIQUIDS.

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UNITED STATES ATnNT Tric@ GEORGE lV. PELTON AND JAMES E. MCELBOY, OFMUSCATNE, IOVA.

APPARATUS FOR HANDLING LlQUlDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 531,697, dated January1, 1895.

Application filed Moy 16, 1894, Serial No. 511,461. (No model.)

.To @ZZ whom it 11i/ay concern,.-

Be it known that we, GEORGE XV. PELTON and JAMESE. MOELROY, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Muscat-ine, in the county of Muscatineand State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for HandlingLiquids, ot which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in apparatuses for handlingliquids.

lThe object of the present invention is to provide simple and effectivemeans for handling liquids, particularly oil, and to enable the same tobe readily transferred from a supply tank to a measuring vessel anddischarged therefrom into an ordinary vessel witho ut the hands of theoperator comingin contact with the oil, thereby'obviatiug theinconvenience in retailing hydro-carbon and other oils.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawing the figure is a side elevation of an apparatus forhandling oil embodying the invention.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figure ofthe drawing.

l designates an oil tank or receptacle designed to be arranged in acellar 2, or any other desired portion of a store. Leading from it is asu pply tube 4, which may be located beneath or above the floor 5 of astore, and which extends to any desired point and then extends upwardthrough audabove the same and communicates with a transparent measuringvessel 6. The measuring vessel 6,

which is provided with a scale, and which may beconstructed in anydesired manner,

is provided with a faucet 7 by means of which the contents of themeasuring vessel is discharged into an oil can or the like.

The supply of oil to the measuring vessel is controlled by a cock orvalve S of the supply pipe 4.-. The cock or valve is located below themeasuring vessel and when sufficient may be ot any desired construction;and a gage l0 indicating the degree of pressure is provided.

It will be seen that the apparatus for handling oil is simple,inexpensive and eihcient; and that oil or any otherliquid may he readilytransferred froin a tank or reservoir to a can or other receptaclewithout the hands ot' the operatorcoming in contact with the liquid.

Changes iu the form, proportion and the minor details of constructionmay be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificingany of the advantages of this invention.

Vhat we claim is- In an apparatus for handling liquids, comprising atank located beneath the floor and arranged adjacent thereto, a supplypipe communicating with the tank adjacent to the bottom thereof, andextending along the bottom ot' the door and upward through it, some dis`tance from the tank, a measuring vessel located above theiioor and communicatiug with the supply pipe and provided with a faucet,

a cock arranged in the supply pipe and 1ocated above the iioor betweenthe same and the measuring vessel, an air pump communieating with thetank at the top thereof and extending through the floor and adapted tobeoperated from above the same, and a gage arranged adjacent to the airpump and located above the floor and connected with the tank,substantially as described.

In testimony Vthat we claim the foregoing as our own, we have heretoafxed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE WV. PELTON. JAMES E. MCELROY. Witnesses:

STUART KEATING, Taos. P. GRAY.

